Using card-based games to enhance the value of semi-structured interviews

This article reports on the use of the card-based game method in semi-structured interviews in three separate research projects.

Using card-based games to enhance the value of semi-structured interviews

Jennifer Rowley

Manchester Metropolitan University

Rosalind Jones

Bangor University

Magda Vassiliou

Manchester Metropolitan University

Sonya Hanna

Bangor University

Introduction

Semi-structured interviews are widely used in qualitative research. They are particularly beneficial for research (and consultancy, and evidence gathering) where there are clear questions arising from practice or from the previous body of knowledge on a topic. They are a particularly useful approach for encouraging well-informed managers, professionals and other practitioners to report on their attitudes, experiences, knowledge and understanding of work practice and processes. This paper reports on one aspect...

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